MMA Payout has learned that Episode 9 of TUF 18 received a viewer average of only 452,000 viewers. It is the lowest output for this season. TUF 18 Episodes Episode 1: 762,000 viewers Episode 2: 870,000 viewers Episode 3: 639,000 viewers Episode 4: 778,000 viewers Episode 5: 640,000 viewers Episode 6: 725,000 viewers Episode 7: 672,000 viewers Episode 8: 476,000 viewers Payout Perspective: Last week’s […]
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UFC 165 and 166 PPV buys disappoint
MMA Fighting reports that UFC 165 and UFC 166 PPV buys are lower than expected. The poor showings are disappointing as the UFC expected to finish strong to end the year. According to Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting, UFC 165 did somewhere between 300,000 and 325,000 PPV buys. Numbers have not been released for UFC […]
UFC Fight Night 30 on FS2: 122,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that UFC Fight Night 30 airing on Fox Sports 2 received a viewer average of 122,000 viewers. The show aired live from Manchester, England and aired in the states in the afternoon. UFC Fight Nights on FS1 UFC Fight Night 26: 1.78 million viewers UFC Fight Night 27: 824,000 viewers UFC […]
TUF 18 mid-season recap: 476,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that Wednesday night’s TUF 18 received 476,000 viewers on FS1. It was the lowest rating this year but the episode was a recap of the season thus far and featured clips from this season’s shows. TUF 18 Episodes Episode 1: 762,000 viewers Episode 2: 870,000 viewers Episode 3: 639,000 viewers Episode 4: 778,000 viewers Episode 5: 640,000 viewers Episode 6: 725,000 […]
SBJ chronicles UFC’s road to FS1
The Sports Business Journal reports on the UFC’s obstacles it has had with shuffling its schedule between networks and channels and its eventual home on FS1. The article which ran in last week’s edition of SBJ (subscription recommended) addressed the declining ratings since it left Spike TV and moved to Fox. Notably, the article highlighted […]